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Mechanical Engineering | Simulation-Driven Design | CAD • CAE • Validation

Profile Summary

I am a mechanical engineering and product development consultant with 20+ years of experience across R&D, simulation-driven design, CAE, structural analysis, durability, crashworthiness and engineering validation. I help companies turn engineering concepts and real-world requirements into analyzable, manufacturable and validated product designs. My work can span the engineering lifecycle: • Engineering problem definition and load-case development • Concept and mechanical design development • 3D CAD and FE model development • Structural, nonlinear, durability and crash/impact simulation • Simulation-test correlation and model validation • Design iteration and performance improvement • Engineering drawings, GD&T and manufacturing considerations • DFM/DFA and design-for-validation thinking • Engineering data analysis and evidence-based design decisions My CAE experience includes LS-DYNA, Radioss/OpenRadioss, Abaqus, ANSYS and HyperMesh, supported by Python/MATLAB-based engineering data analysis. I have worked across automotive, agricultural machinery, industrial engineering and research environments, including R&D leadership at Mahindra & Mahindra and advanced engineering research at IIT Delhi. A particular strength of my work is connecting real-world usage and engineering requirements to models, simulation and validation rather than treating CAD or CAE as isolated activities. For projects involving mechanical product development, structural analysis, simulation-driven design, reverse engineering, durability, crash/impact, validation or engineering problem solving, I bring both hands-on technical execution and senior-level engineering judgment.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Computer-Aided Engineering
• ★ Mechanical Engineering
• ★ Engineering Design
• ☆ Biomechanics
• ☆ Automotive Engineering
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Applied Mechanics
• ☆ Product Validation

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Algorithm Design-Non ML

Product Development Product Evaluation, Product Validation, Concept Development, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering

Work Experience

Principal Engineering Consultant | Simulation-Driven Product Development & Validation

Independant Consultant

August 2025 - Present

Principal Project Scientist

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

December 2020 - July 2025

Manager

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (India)

December 2011 - January 2020

Education

Post Graduate Certificate in Business Management

Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur

June 2010 - March 2012

Master of Technology (M.Tech) (Applied Mechanics)

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

July 2006 - August 2009

Mechanical Engineering

Biju Pattnaik University of Technology - India

July 2000 - August 2004

Certifications

• Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology Specialization

  coursera

  https://coursera.org/share/d1b66306ad550f0795a8e52fc4ebc7b6

  February 2019 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Zafar Haider, Pushpender Panday, Ramakrishna Iyer, Vivek Dhimole, Aditya Sinha, Jeenu Kumar, Kedar Chetry, Aman Vikram, Akhilesh Choudhary, Ashique Ellahi, et al. (2025). Development of Finite Element Human Body Model (IITDHBM) of the 50th Percentile Indian Male in the Standing Posture (IM50S) for Use in Extreme Loading Conditions . Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C.

Praveen K. Pinnoji , Zafar Haider & Puneet Mahajan (2008) Design of ventilated helmets: computational fluid and impact dynamics studies, International Journal of Crashworthiness, 13:3, 265-278, DOI: 10.1080/13588260801933626 .

Pinnoji, P.K., Haider, Z., Mahajan, P.(2008). Design of ventilated helmets: Computational fluid and impact dynamics studies . International Journal of Crashworthiness. 13. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 265-278.